Figure Skater
Born in Trenton, Ontario in 1965; moved to Ottawa in 1974.
Best known for her electrifying free program at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Won silver medals at both the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1988 World Championships.
Skated in ice shows and television specials, then turned to coaching, first in Florida, then Philadelphia and finally in Ottawa at the Elizabeth Manley rink.
Published two autobiographies.
Spokesperson for Ovarian Cancer Canada's Winners Walk of Hope.
Member of the Order of Canada in 1988.
www.sports-reference.com
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Isobel Stanley (Lady)
Women's Hockey Pioneer
Was the daughter of former Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston. Mr. Stanley was the sixth Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893.
While she lived in Ottawa, Isobel Stanley helped to popularize ice hockey in Canada and is considered one of the first women to play the game.
One of the first women to be photographed with a puck and stick circa 1890 while playing hockey on the natural ice rink beside Government House (now known as Rideau Hall) in Ottawa. The rink was built by her father, Lord Stanley who was Canada's Governer General from 1888 to 1893. The whole family played hockey together including their mother Lady Stanley.
The first recorded women's hockey game was played on March 8, 1889 as reported by the Ottawa Evening Journal. The game was between Government House team and the Rideau Ladies team. Stanley was part of the lineup for Government House.
She played an instrumental role in getting her father Lord Stanley to donate a trophy to hockey hence the Stanley Cup.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
www.kgha.ca
Was the daughter of former Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston. Mr. Stanley was the sixth Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893.
While she lived in Ottawa, Isobel Stanley helped to popularize ice hockey in Canada and is considered one of the first women to play the game.
One of the first women to be photographed with a puck and stick circa 1890 while playing hockey on the natural ice rink beside Government House (now known as Rideau Hall) in Ottawa. The rink was built by her father, Lord Stanley who was Canada's Governer General from 1888 to 1893. The whole family played hockey together including their mother Lady Stanley.
The first recorded women's hockey game was played on March 8, 1889 as reported by the Ottawa Evening Journal. The game was between Government House team and the Rideau Ladies team. Stanley was part of the lineup for Government House.
She played an instrumental role in getting her father Lord Stanley to donate a trophy to hockey hence the Stanley Cup.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
www.kgha.ca
Moyra J. McDill
Professor of Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa
Obtained a B.Eng., an M.Eng. and a Ph.D.from Carleton University in Ottawa.
Full professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies.
Co-author of multiple technical papers related to the numerical simulation of manufacturing processes such as welding as well as a number of papers related to women in engineering.
In 2007, published "When Cancer Entered the Family: How We Lived, Laughed, Cried and Survived", Novalis Publishing Company, Ottawa.
Techniques developed by Dr. McDill have been used by international researchers and by such companies as Volvo and Bayer.
Served for seven years as a Governor-in-Council Appointed Commissioner of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
Leading advocate and researcher on gender issues within the engineering profession.
First woman to complete a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering at Carleton University, the first female faculty member hired by the department and the first woman to be promoted to full professor in the faculty of engineering.
Recognized with awards for Student’s Choice, Teaching Achievement, and Favourite Professor.
www.engineergirl.org
www.peo.on.ca
www2.carleton.ca
Obtained a B.Eng., an M.Eng. and a Ph.D.from Carleton University in Ottawa.
Full professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies.
Co-author of multiple technical papers related to the numerical simulation of manufacturing processes such as welding as well as a number of papers related to women in engineering.
In 2007, published "When Cancer Entered the Family: How We Lived, Laughed, Cried and Survived", Novalis Publishing Company, Ottawa.
Techniques developed by Dr. McDill have been used by international researchers and by such companies as Volvo and Bayer.
Served for seven years as a Governor-in-Council Appointed Commissioner of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC).
Leading advocate and researcher on gender issues within the engineering profession.
First woman to complete a doctorate degree in mechanical engineering at Carleton University, the first female faculty member hired by the department and the first woman to be promoted to full professor in the faculty of engineering.
Recognized with awards for Student’s Choice, Teaching Achievement, and Favourite Professor.
www.engineergirl.org
www.peo.on.ca
www2.carleton.ca
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Madge Macbeth
Journalist, writer
Born Madge Hamilton Lyons in Philadelphia, USA in 1881; moved to Ottawa circa 1904.
Educated at Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ontario.
Writer of first-wave feminist fiction. Her first novel was The Winning Game in 1910. Tackled pertinent political and social issues of her time such as the right of women to perform traditionally male occupations (The Patterson Limit, 1923) and the double day of labour for married women (Shackles, 1926).
Was a prolific writer - articles, short stories, novels, memoirs, radio and stage drama, history; published articles in Canadian Courier and Mayfair magazines.
Founding member of the Canadian Authors Association, being its first woman, and only three-time national president. Headed the Ottawa branch of the CAA.
Actively involved in the Canadian Women´s Press Club and the Ottawa Drama League. Founding organizer of the Ottawa Little Theatre, Canada's longest running community theatre.
Granddaughter of Louisa Hart Maffitt, one of the first professional American press women.
Wrote a column titled "Over my shoulder", featured in the Ottawa Citizen throughout the 1950s.
Key figure behind the establishment of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Wrote The Superwoman, in 1926, possibly the first Canadian play written for radio.
www.borealispress.com
www.bookrags.com
www.jrank.org
www.carleton.ca/womensstudies
Born Madge Hamilton Lyons in Philadelphia, USA in 1881; moved to Ottawa circa 1904.
Educated at Hellmuth Ladies' College, London, Ontario.
Writer of first-wave feminist fiction. Her first novel was The Winning Game in 1910. Tackled pertinent political and social issues of her time such as the right of women to perform traditionally male occupations (The Patterson Limit, 1923) and the double day of labour for married women (Shackles, 1926).
Was a prolific writer - articles, short stories, novels, memoirs, radio and stage drama, history; published articles in Canadian Courier and Mayfair magazines.
Founding member of the Canadian Authors Association, being its first woman, and only three-time national president. Headed the Ottawa branch of the CAA.
Actively involved in the Canadian Women´s Press Club and the Ottawa Drama League. Founding organizer of the Ottawa Little Theatre, Canada's longest running community theatre.
Granddaughter of Louisa Hart Maffitt, one of the first professional American press women.
Wrote a column titled "Over my shoulder", featured in the Ottawa Citizen throughout the 1950s.
Key figure behind the establishment of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Wrote The Superwoman, in 1926, possibly the first Canadian play written for radio.
www.borealispress.com
www.bookrags.com
www.jrank.org
www.carleton.ca/womensstudies
Ruby Heap
Professor
"Leadership can and must come in many forms. I strongly believe that diverse points of view and ways of doing things enrich an organization." - Ruby Heap
Born in Montréal, Québec; works in Ottawa.
Full professor, History Department, University of Ottawa; fields of interest are history of women, history of education and history of the professions in Canada, 19th-20th centuries.
Professor of the year in 2007, Faculty of Arts.
Coordinator of the University of Ottawa Women in Engineering Research Group, founding director of the Institute of Women’s Studies and assistant vice-dean at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies since 2001.
Active researcher, author of three books, a textbook, multiple chapters and articles, and co-editor of three volumes, one of which was awarded the Founders’ Prize of the Canadian History of Education Association.
www.history.uottawa.ca
www.media.uottawa.ca
"Leadership can and must come in many forms. I strongly believe that diverse points of view and ways of doing things enrich an organization." - Ruby Heap
Born in Montréal, Québec; works in Ottawa.
Full professor, History Department, University of Ottawa; fields of interest are history of women, history of education and history of the professions in Canada, 19th-20th centuries.
Professor of the year in 2007, Faculty of Arts.
Coordinator of the University of Ottawa Women in Engineering Research Group, founding director of the Institute of Women’s Studies and assistant vice-dean at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies since 2001.
Active researcher, author of three books, a textbook, multiple chapters and articles, and co-editor of three volumes, one of which was awarded the Founders’ Prize of the Canadian History of Education Association.
www.history.uottawa.ca
www.media.uottawa.ca
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Honouring Women in the City of Ottawa
City Hall Lawn Named for Marion Dewar
As of September 25, 2009, City hall’s north lawn is renamed after former mayor Marion Dewar. Marion Dewar was mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985. Read my post on Marion Dewar under "D" in this blog.
www.ottawacitizen.com
Streets and Hall named for Charlotte Whitton
Whitton Hall was opened in 1973, in the former city hall building on Green Island. The other locations bearing the Whitton name in Ottawa are two streets in Overbrook, Whitton Place and Whitton Crescent.
Charlotte Whitton was Ottawa's first female mayor. Read my post on her under "W" in this blog.
www.ottawacitizen.com
Streets in the Glebe Named for Mutchmor Daughters
The following streets in the Glebe neighbourhood were named for female members of the Mutchmor family: Adelaide, Ella and Muriel. In the 1860's, the Mutchmor family farm covered the land south of Fifth Avenue to Broadway, and extended from Bronson Avenue in the west to Main Street in the east. Part of this property had been expropriated by Colonel By to build the canal.
www.communitytree.com
Zoé's Lounge named for a musician, wife of Prime Minister Laurier
The lounge was named after Sir Wilfrid Laurier's beloved wife Zoé. She was a young piano teacher known for her kindness and simplicity. Read my post on her under "Wives of Canadian Prime Ministers".
http://www.fairmont.com/laurier/GuestServices/Restaurants/ZoesLounge.htm
Claudette Cain Park
Claudette Cain was the mayor in the city of Gloucester, Ontario from 1991 until 2001 when Gloucester became part of the city of Ottawa. A small park near Riverside South, used for soccer, is named for her. Read my post on her under "C".
http://wikimapia.org/1191501/Claudette-Cain-Park
Jean Edmonds Towers
Two towers of office buildings located at 300 Slater Street in Ottawa are named for Jean Edmonds. She was a pioneer journalist and a public servant who eventually became the first woman executive in the federal government as an executive director with the Department of Manpower and Immigration in 1966. Read my post on her under "E".
www.famouscanadianwomen.com
Dr. Lotta Day
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of its most prominent and beloved residents, the City of Ottawa has proclaimed November 28, 2009 to be “Dr Lotta Hitschmanova Day”.
The proclamation notes that Dr Lotta, who founded USC Canada (Unitarian Service Committee) in 1945, “dedicated her life to helping people in far-off lands” and that she “helped mobilize Canadians from coast to coast to coast, putting Ottawa on the map as not only a seat of national government and political debate, but also a center of Canadian concern for the rest of the world.”
There is a bust of Dr. Hitschmanova in the Worship Hall of the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa on Cleary Avenue with whom she orginally founded the Unitarian Service Committee.
Read a more complete post on her under "H".
http://usc-canada.org
http://www.firstunitarianottawa.ca
Agnes Macphail Bust, House of Commons
Agnes Macphail became the first female Member of Parliament in Canadian history after she was elected to the House of Commons in 1921. The Agnes Macphail bust is located outside the House of Commons, Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.
The bronze bust of Agnes Macphail was created by a young Austrian refugee called Felix de Weldon, who later became a famous sculptor. A ceremony to unveil the bust was hold on March 8, 1955.
Cairine Wilson Bust, Senate of Canada
Cairine Wilson beame the first female Senator in Canadian history after she was appointed in 1930. The Cairine Wilson bust is located in the Senate ante chamber of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.
The white marble portrait bust was sculpted in 1939 by Felix de Weldon. At the age of seventy-five, Cairine Wilson attended the unveiling of her likeness at a ceremony on June 10, 1960 in the Red Chamber of the Senate. You can read about her on this blog under "W".
www.heroines.ca
Canadian Nursing Sister's Memorial, Parliament of Ottawa
The Canadian Nursing Sister's Memorial commemorates the contribution of nurses in Canada from the earliest days until World War I. The memorial panel is mounted in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario in the Hall of Honour located in the Centre Block. Montreal artist G.W. Hill sculpted the panel in Italy, from marble of the Carara quarries.
www.heroines.ca
Women Are Persons! Monument, Parliament Hill
The Women are Persons! Monument is located on the grounds of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The monument was unveiled at a special event on October 18, 2000 to commemorate the Persons Case and the Famous Five women.
Five Alberta women fought to have Canadian women recognized constitutionally as "persons" who were eligible to be named to the Senate. Emily Murphy led the battle and she was supported by Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Nellie Mcclung. The Supreme Court of Canada rejected their case in 1928 but the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council decided in favour of the women on October 18, 1929. These courageous ladies came to be known as the "Famous Five" and October 18 is now known as Persons Day in Canada.
www.heroines.ca
Wilson House
In 1982, Wilson House at Elmwood School (originally called Rockliffe Prep School) was created and named in honour of Cairine Wilson, Canada's first female senator and Elmwood patron. Wilson attended Elmwood and was Head girl in her final year.
www.elmwood.ca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_School_%28Ottawa%29
Susan Mann House
The Women Studies House at the University of Ottawa, located at 134 Séraphin-Marion (near Tabaret Hall) is named in honour of Canadian historian Susan Mann (Trofimenkoff). You can read a post on her under "M".
www.uottawa.ca
Theatre Seat Named for Gladys Cameron McGregor Watt
Upon retirement from the Ottawa Little Theatre, Gladys Cameron McGregor Watt was presented with a seat bearing her name in the theatre as a way to honour her for her contribution to live theatre in the city. Read her entry under "M" in this blog.
www.famouscanadianwomen.com
The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies
The Women's Studies Institute at Carleton University was renamed The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies. You can read a post on her under "J".
École Charlotte-Lemieux
In November 1988, the Public School Board of Eastern Ontario named a school in honour of Charlotte Lemieux in Ottawa West. She is the first francophone to be director of education for a school board in Ontario and has received the Order of Canada for her exceptional contribution to youth education. Read an entry on her under “L”.
Elizabeth Manley International Rink and Liz Manley Park
A Rink at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex in Orleans was named for Olympic skater Elizabeth Manley as was a park in the Huntclub area. You can read a post on her under "M".
Sylva M. Gelber Piano Studio
The main piano studio of the University of Ottawa Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory was named in honour of Sylva M. Gelber in 2007. The room is located at the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory, Pérez Hall, Room 207, at 50 University Street, Ottawa.
As of September 25, 2009, City hall’s north lawn is renamed after former mayor Marion Dewar. Marion Dewar was mayor of Ottawa from 1978 to 1985. Read my post on Marion Dewar under "D" in this blog.
www.ottawacitizen.com
Streets and Hall named for Charlotte Whitton
Whitton Hall was opened in 1973, in the former city hall building on Green Island. The other locations bearing the Whitton name in Ottawa are two streets in Overbrook, Whitton Place and Whitton Crescent.
Charlotte Whitton was Ottawa's first female mayor. Read my post on her under "W" in this blog.
www.ottawacitizen.com
Streets in the Glebe Named for Mutchmor Daughters
The following streets in the Glebe neighbourhood were named for female members of the Mutchmor family: Adelaide, Ella and Muriel. In the 1860's, the Mutchmor family farm covered the land south of Fifth Avenue to Broadway, and extended from Bronson Avenue in the west to Main Street in the east. Part of this property had been expropriated by Colonel By to build the canal.
www.communitytree.com
Zoé's Lounge named for a musician, wife of Prime Minister Laurier
The lounge was named after Sir Wilfrid Laurier's beloved wife Zoé. She was a young piano teacher known for her kindness and simplicity. Read my post on her under "Wives of Canadian Prime Ministers".
http://www.fairmont.com/laurier/GuestServices/Restaurants/ZoesLounge.htm
Claudette Cain Park
Claudette Cain was the mayor in the city of Gloucester, Ontario from 1991 until 2001 when Gloucester became part of the city of Ottawa. A small park near Riverside South, used for soccer, is named for her. Read my post on her under "C".
http://wikimapia.org/1191501/Claudette-Cain-Park
Jean Edmonds Towers
Two towers of office buildings located at 300 Slater Street in Ottawa are named for Jean Edmonds. She was a pioneer journalist and a public servant who eventually became the first woman executive in the federal government as an executive director with the Department of Manpower and Immigration in 1966. Read my post on her under "E".
www.famouscanadianwomen.com
Dr. Lotta Day
In recognition of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of its most prominent and beloved residents, the City of Ottawa has proclaimed November 28, 2009 to be “Dr Lotta Hitschmanova Day”.
The proclamation notes that Dr Lotta, who founded USC Canada (Unitarian Service Committee) in 1945, “dedicated her life to helping people in far-off lands” and that she “helped mobilize Canadians from coast to coast to coast, putting Ottawa on the map as not only a seat of national government and political debate, but also a center of Canadian concern for the rest of the world.”
There is a bust of Dr. Hitschmanova in the Worship Hall of the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa on Cleary Avenue with whom she orginally founded the Unitarian Service Committee.
Read a more complete post on her under "H".
http://usc-canada.org
http://www.firstunitarianottawa.ca
Agnes Macphail Bust, House of Commons
Agnes Macphail became the first female Member of Parliament in Canadian history after she was elected to the House of Commons in 1921. The Agnes Macphail bust is located outside the House of Commons, Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.
The bronze bust of Agnes Macphail was created by a young Austrian refugee called Felix de Weldon, who later became a famous sculptor. A ceremony to unveil the bust was hold on March 8, 1955.
Cairine Wilson Bust, Senate of Canada
Cairine Wilson beame the first female Senator in Canadian history after she was appointed in 1930. The Cairine Wilson bust is located in the Senate ante chamber of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.
The white marble portrait bust was sculpted in 1939 by Felix de Weldon. At the age of seventy-five, Cairine Wilson attended the unveiling of her likeness at a ceremony on June 10, 1960 in the Red Chamber of the Senate. You can read about her on this blog under "W".
www.heroines.ca
Canadian Nursing Sister's Memorial, Parliament of Ottawa
The Canadian Nursing Sister's Memorial commemorates the contribution of nurses in Canada from the earliest days until World War I. The memorial panel is mounted in the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario in the Hall of Honour located in the Centre Block. Montreal artist G.W. Hill sculpted the panel in Italy, from marble of the Carara quarries.
www.heroines.ca
Women Are Persons! Monument, Parliament Hill
The Women are Persons! Monument is located on the grounds of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. The monument was unveiled at a special event on October 18, 2000 to commemorate the Persons Case and the Famous Five women.
Five Alberta women fought to have Canadian women recognized constitutionally as "persons" who were eligible to be named to the Senate. Emily Murphy led the battle and she was supported by Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Muir Edwards and Nellie Mcclung. The Supreme Court of Canada rejected their case in 1928 but the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council decided in favour of the women on October 18, 1929. These courageous ladies came to be known as the "Famous Five" and October 18 is now known as Persons Day in Canada.
www.heroines.ca
Wilson House
In 1982, Wilson House at Elmwood School (originally called Rockliffe Prep School) was created and named in honour of Cairine Wilson, Canada's first female senator and Elmwood patron. Wilson attended Elmwood and was Head girl in her final year.
www.elmwood.ca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmwood_School_%28Ottawa%29
Susan Mann House
The Women Studies House at the University of Ottawa, located at 134 Séraphin-Marion (near Tabaret Hall) is named in honour of Canadian historian Susan Mann (Trofimenkoff). You can read a post on her under "M".
www.uottawa.ca
Theatre Seat Named for Gladys Cameron McGregor Watt
Upon retirement from the Ottawa Little Theatre, Gladys Cameron McGregor Watt was presented with a seat bearing her name in the theatre as a way to honour her for her contribution to live theatre in the city. Read her entry under "M" in this blog.
www.famouscanadianwomen.com
The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies
The Women's Studies Institute at Carleton University was renamed The Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies. You can read a post on her under "J".
École Charlotte-Lemieux
In November 1988, the Public School Board of Eastern Ontario named a school in honour of Charlotte Lemieux in Ottawa West. She is the first francophone to be director of education for a school board in Ontario and has received the Order of Canada for her exceptional contribution to youth education. Read an entry on her under “L”.
Elizabeth Manley International Rink and Liz Manley Park
A Rink at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex in Orleans was named for Olympic skater Elizabeth Manley as was a park in the Huntclub area. You can read a post on her under "M".
Sylva M. Gelber Piano Studio
The main piano studio of the University of Ottawa Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory was named in honour of Sylva M. Gelber in 2007. The room is located at the Piano Pedagogy Research Laboratory, Pérez Hall, Room 207, at 50 University Street, Ottawa.
http://www.media.uottawa.ca/mediaroom/news-details_1372.html
Myrtha Lapierre Day
Myrtha Lapierre Day
In 1956, Myrtha left Haiti for Ottawa to complete her post secondary education. She subsequently earned her nursing diploma (1959), along with a BA in Nursing Education, (1961), and a Master in Education (1975), all from Ottawa University, along with Human Resources Management, Intercultural Communications and Conflict Resolution certificates. Myrtha went on to teach nursing for 45 years; 36 years full-time and 9 years part-time (1961-2005). Myrtha was the first Black Francophone nurse in the Ottawa region.
Through her volunteer work, she has empowered 1000 immigrant female nursing to succeed in the provincial education and health systems. She has also facilitated cross-cultural sensitization to students, teachers and service providers of the mainstream, from La Cité collégiale and community health centres; facilitated discussions on the attitude of Canadian-born staff toward afro-Caribbean people affected with Sickle cell Anemia and/or HIV/AIDS; and worked on committees to collect and send medical supplies to Haiti.
She started a fund at Ottawa University to help educate Haitians and other professionals who are attempting to gain professional recognition/designation in Ontario.
In 2006, the City of Ottawa has declared October 25th to be “Martha Lapierre Day”.
http://sites.google.com/site/bourseml/home/bio-english
Linda Thom Park
http://sites.google.com/site/bourseml/home/bio-english
Linda Thom Park
This small urban park is located in Old Ottawa South at 1324 Bank street at Billings Bridge. It honours Olympian Linda Thom who won a gold medal in shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She is the only Canadian to have won an Olympic medal in this sport. The park includes an oversize replica of her gold medal.
Hélène Campbell Day
March 30th, 2012 will be Hélène Campbell Day in the capital, as Councillor Doug Thompson launches the Ottawa leg of the Torch of Life Relay by honouring the 20-year-old Barrhaven woman whose battle with idiopathic lung fibrosis has inspired thousands of people to volunteer to become organ donors.
Béatrice Desloges Catholic High School
The school École secondaire Béatrice-Desloges is named after an early twentieth century Franco-Ontarian teacher in Ottawa who, with her sister Diane, successfully opposed Regulation 17 which aimed at rendering illegal all French language teaching in the province of Ontario. The school opened its doors in 1997.
Sheila E. McKee Park
On June 14, 2012, the city of Ottawa named a West Carleton-March park in honour of Sheila E. McKee. The park, located at 1730 Sixth Line Rd., was formerly named Riverfront Park. Ms. McKee was honoured for her extensive contribution to her community. You can read a post on her in this blog under the letter "M".
Hélène Campbell Day
March 30th, 2012 will be Hélène Campbell Day in the capital, as Councillor Doug Thompson launches the Ottawa leg of the Torch of Life Relay by honouring the 20-year-old Barrhaven woman whose battle with idiopathic lung fibrosis has inspired thousands of people to volunteer to become organ donors.
Béatrice Desloges Catholic High School
The school École secondaire Béatrice-Desloges is named after an early twentieth century Franco-Ontarian teacher in Ottawa who, with her sister Diane, successfully opposed Regulation 17 which aimed at rendering illegal all French language teaching in the province of Ontario. The school opened its doors in 1997.
Sheila E. McKee Park
On June 14, 2012, the city of Ottawa named a West Carleton-March park in honour of Sheila E. McKee. The park, located at 1730 Sixth Line Rd., was formerly named Riverfront Park. Ms. McKee was honoured for her extensive contribution to her community. You can read a post on her in this blog under the letter "M".
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Marta Mulkins
Lieutenant Commander
Studied in Ottawa.
First woman to command a Canadian naval warship (August 2004); captain of the 970-ton HMCS Kingston.
Graduated as a landscape architect from Carleton’s School of Industrial Design in Ottawa.
Selected as a winner of a 2004 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: top 100TM award in the Trailblazer category. As a Trailblazer, Lt. Cmdr Mulkins represents women who are the first in their fields and/or have made a great contribution to Canadian society.
www.now.carleton.ca
www.navy.forces.gc.ca
Studied in Ottawa.
First woman to command a Canadian naval warship (August 2004); captain of the 970-ton HMCS Kingston.
Graduated as a landscape architect from Carleton’s School of Industrial Design in Ottawa.
Selected as a winner of a 2004 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: top 100TM award in the Trailblazer category. As a Trailblazer, Lt. Cmdr Mulkins represents women who are the first in their fields and/or have made a great contribution to Canadian society.
www.now.carleton.ca
www.navy.forces.gc.ca
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